Writing in the journal Nature Communications , Hickman and colleagues from the United Kingdom and USA report how they came to their conclusions by using a computer model that predicts how factors such as temperature, ocean currents and ocean acidity...

Worse, Thwaites Glacier acts as a kind of "door stop", preventing adjoining glaciers from sliding towards the sea. The cavity can be seen in the center of the GIF in deep red. At the point when this occurs, the establishing line withdraws inland. ...

The Midwest's worst cold snap in 20yrs+ was created by the polar vortex , a reservoir of icy air that usually swirls over the North Pole. Changing air currents caused it to slip down through Canada and into the U.S. By Saturday, highs will be in the...

Consumers concerned about buying endangered shark meat should ensure they ask questions about their seafood's provenance, Hood advised. The researchers have called for more accurate food labelling so people know what species they are eating.

Over the past six years, Dr. Douka and other experts have been creating a history of the cave, dating 103 layers of sediment on the cave floor, as well as 50 items found in them, including bones, pieces of charcoal and tools. They couldn't use radioc...

He added that the alarming findings, published in the journal Scientific Reports , 'highlight the global nature of the damaging trade in endangered shark species , in which Europe and the United Kingdom have a continuing role'. "Until labeling be...

Meteorologists linked the brutally cold weather to the so-called polar vortex , a cap of icy air that usually circles the North Pole. It pushed eastward, and states including Massachusetts, New York , and Pennsylvania experienced bitterly cold temp...

At the start of the study, the robot had no idea what shape it was, whether a spider, a snake or an arm. American scientists used machine learning technique to create a smart robot that gets closer to being self-aware, a science fiction scenario fo...

The much lower figure shows that the rocks have a reduced density most likely resulting from the rocks being more porous. Just like a smartphone, Curiosity carries accelerometers and gyroscopes. But I started looking into the data and calibrating...

Scientists have long thought the glacier was not connected to the bedrock below, and they had expected to find some gaps along the base of the ice. "Thanks to a new generation of satellites, we can finally see the detail". While Thwaites is certain...

In the state of NY, one person died using a snowblower and another was found dead after shoveling. People walk along North Avenue Beach despite a temperature around -20 degrees. You might think it's been pretty cold here in the United Kingdom recen...

The research was carried out at the University of Exeter and the scientists are calling for more accurate food labelling so people know what species they are eating. The fins from the UK wholesaler, who meant to supply them to UK Asian restaurants an...

Planets form when bits of dust conglomerate into rocks, which conglomerate into boulders, which conglomerate into larger and larger objects. Edgeworth-Kuiper Belt objects are believed to be remnants left over from the formation of the solar system.

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) is expected to take images of the Chang'e-4 spacecraft at its landing site in the Von Kármán crater on Thursday, January 31 and also gather data about how lunar dust is ejected upwards during a spacecraft...

Also, a state of emergency was declared in Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Mississippi and Alabama. The so-called polar vortex has affected the lives of some 90 million Americans forced to suffer temperatures as low as -52 Celsius (-62F). Meanwhile,...

After a careful analysis of their brightnesses and temperatures, the astronomers concluded that these stars did not belong to the cluster - which is part of the Milky Way - but rather they are millions of light-years more distant. But Bedin 1 is sp...

It was captured with 1/700 second of shutter speed. Osiris-Rex has orbited Bennu since December and took its latest images on January 17 when it was only a mile above the space rock's surface. After initially arriving at the space rock known as Ben...

A large hole under an Antarctic glacier is a sign of rapid decay that could lead to dramatic sea level rise, a study says. It is big enough to have contained 14 billion tonnes of ice, and most of that ice melted over the last three years.

That is enough to power approximately 124 million homes. The proposed moves announced today are part of GE's broader effort to meet the evolving needs of the power market, including the growth of renewable energy. "This strategic realignment positi...

However, the researchers say that the size and growth rate of the hole surprised them. Much of that ice disappeared at an "explosive rate", scientists reported-likely melting only in the last three years. The growing cavity (red mass, center) cause...

Mail deliveries were suspended and people encouraged to stay home in almost a dozen U.S. states where the mercury plunged into the negative double digits, the worst freeze to grip the region in a generation. Jennifer Francis , senior scientist and Ar...

He said it is an "environmental catastrophe" and conditions could potentially deteriorate further. The NSW Department of Primary Industries has sent officers to investigate the event, which it believes has affected "large numbers of bony bream and ...

The temperatures can hit as low as -60 degrees Celsius in Opportunity's region of the planet, which JPL warns could do "irreparable harm" to the unpowered rover's batteries, internal wiring, and computer systems. "While we have not heard back from th...

As the ice retreats even further, more Arctic landscape will become exposed. To reach that conclusion, Pendleton and his colleagues relied on Baffin Island's ice and the weird quirks of geography that have allowed it to reveal its secrets.

U.S. Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats participates in a briefing on election security in the White House press briefing room at the White House in Washington, U.S., August 2, 2018. The two adversaries "are more aligned than at any point ...